Q: Is 1,242,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,242,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,242,840 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 1242840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 10,357 20,714 31,071 41,428 51,785 62,142 82,856 103,570 124,284 155,355 207,140 248,568 310,710 414,280 621,420 and 1,242,840, with no remainder.

Since 1,242,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,242,840, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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